Repeal 22nd Amendment?

NY Representative Jose Serrano has introduced H.J. Resolution 5 that would repeal the 22nd Amendment restricting Presidents to only two terms. This ridiculous proposal shows, once again, what is happening in America with regard to these career, entrenched politicians and their lack of touch with WE THE PEOPLE. Serrano is but another of the entrenched that must be removed from office. I would propose this as an alternative. How about the repeal of the 17 Amendment instead? Repeal of 17 would break up the power of the lobbyist forever, giving control of the Senate back to the States, where it was intended by the Founders to be. This alone, would solve many of the problems in the federal government. I would propose the States convene and, as a unified body, declare the sovereignty of the States as granted by the Constitution and at the same time retake control of the federal government by repealing the 17th Amendment. Texas, Utah and Montana have already taken the first steps in this direction. Wake up America and follow through.

The Stimulus Tragedy has been published 90 days!

When The Stimulus Tragedy was published, April 1, it was intended to be a wake up call for America. Even this author is surprised how accurate the message has proven to be. The situation in America is much more critical than I expected. This is mostly due to the House passage of Cap and Trade and the election of Al Franken. Cap and Trade was not addressed in The Stimulus Tragedy. At the time of the wriring there was not enough known of the proposal to do much with it. What is most disturbing with Cap and Trade is how the House pushed it through with no one having the opportunity to read it or debate it. It is the sitmulus bill in rerun. The subversion of the due process of the Constitution is what makes all this so frightening. The career, entrenched politicians are on a run away! The only thing they are concerned with is increasing THEIR POWER. It has nothing to do with what is best for America or WE THE PEOPLE. As I talked about so much in The Stimulus Tragedy, as long as these career, entrenched, professional politicians remain in office, nothing can change. Now is the time for WE THE PEOPLE to stand tall and take individual responsibilty for the future of America. FAX your Senators with your views on Cap and Trade and do it every day. The entrenched pay no attention to emails, do not read our letters and jam up the phone lines so we can't get through. The only thing they see that makes any difference is the pile of paper generated by the FAX. WE THE PEOPLE are individually responsible for the future of America!

Read My Lips, NO NEW TAXES!

The promise of no new taxes for 95% of Americans has gone out the window! The proposed Cap and Trade Bill has passed the House and is headed for the Senate. It is a tax increase of massive proportions - the largest in the history of America! With it goes the promise that elected the President! It proves, one more time, that the promise of no new taxes was a lie! This legislation has been in the works since the 1990's. The proposal has already made Al Gore a very rich man. It is now poised to make hundreds of millions of dollars for a select group of individuals and large corporations, at the expense of WE THE PEOPLE. With Al Franken now in the Senate, the defeat of this bill becomes more unlikely. Many in the Senate have stated that this bill will not pass the Senate. I believe it will. The career, entrenched politicians will push this through, over and above the objections of WE THE PEOPLE. THIS IS ABOUT POWER AND NOTHING ELSE! Sadly, the little guy, the 95% of the people government claims to be "looking out for", those the entrenched call "the masses", are the losers, as they always are. Cap and Trade will be paid for by families, low income earners, retirees, the worker and small business. All is not yet lost! FAX your Senators! Do it now, do it daily and keep it up until Cap and Trade is voted on in the Senate. Wake up America! It is up to us and we are individually, ultimately responsible for the outcome.

What Will Cap and Trade Be?

My guess is that Cap and Trade will be enacted. This may sound like a negative, but it may not be. America needs to wake up. This may be the wake up call. If it does pass, the best thing that can happen is for it to be implemented immediately so the affects will be immediate. This legislation can likely be changed over time if it turns out to be as costly as expected. If, in fact, this legislation does cost every household in America $2700 annually, it may mean the demise of many of those voting for it. If this bill passes and America wakes up, many of these career, entrenched politicians may be voted out of office and that may save America. It will be better to have a Cap and Trade bill passed that needs to be changed then a social program like Socialized Medicine.

Cap and Trade Vote Coming Friday!

The Cap and Trade bill is reported to be 1000 pages! None of the House members have read it! It is my hope that WE THE PEOPLE will make ourselves heard before this bill is voted on in the House on Friday. I hope enough Americans will fax their Representatives so the pile of paper against this legislation overwhelms them all. DO THE FAX! Emails and phone calls help, but piles of paper will have more effect. I posted about what his will do to America a few days ago.

The Sanford Downfall.

I have been thinking about how to write this post all day. This situation with Mark Sanford is so sad, it is difficult to write about. To me this is not about the man as much as it is all those people going down with him and being hurt by this. It's about the wife and those four handsome young son's of his. It's about SC and America. Mr. Sanford made choices and those choices have consequences, for a large number of people. Anytime a public figure destroys themselves, they always take many with them. It is not for me to judge Mr. Sanford. But, why do these people with so much going for them fall into a trap like this? And, why do so many political figures fall into these traps of sex, greed and all sorts of perversions? Only God knows for sure. What makes this situation so bothersome to me is that this man was on the Hannity TV show just days ago talking about God and doing the right thing, when at the same time he has this going on for 8 months. It seems to me a political death wish. A Lutheran minister friend of mine told me many years ago that "a man can rationalize anything" and I guess this fits. To me it is baffling. This is not a young kid. This is a super successful man with years of life experience. Why is it that we see so many celebrities, athletes, rich people and politicians destroy their lives and their family's lives? I don't have the answer. I will say another prayer for Mr. Sanford, his wife and those young son's of theirs.

Cap and Trade Exposes the Lie!

Cap and Trade exposes the Obama lie that taxes would go down for 90% of taxpayers! The cost of Cap and Trade is estimated to cost every household in America $2700 annually. That is a tax increase! Carry that a step further. How are low income people, senior citizens, or retirees living on fixed incomes going to deal with this? The very people these career, entrenched politicians propose to be the most concerned about will be hurt the most. As I mentioned in my book, The Stimulus Tragedy, the family, the worker, the elderly and small business, which is most of agriculture, will suffer most. Every insane proposal the entrenched come up with pushes the country closer to revolution. WE THE PEOPLE must remove every politician voting for all this spending and these ludicrous ideas!

Cap and Trade and Agriculture

Cap and Trade will destroy agriculture in America. My heritage is agriculture. I was raised and worked in agriculture most of my life. Agriculture is very dependent upon energy. Second only to water (see earlier post) energy is the most important requirement of agriculture. Cap and Trade will destroy agriculture and the government will react by forcing all agriculture into farm programs and thereby increasing the power of government, once again. When will WE THE PEOPLE wake up and understand that all these programs, spending bills and bailouts are about building government power and THAT ONLY! The career, entrenched politician is addicted to power and will do ANYTHING to increase it. Cap and Trade will also force the cost of food dramatically higher. What will happen to the economy when food prices rise 20-40% as a result of Cap and Trade?

Clunker Fiasco

Our government is totally out of control. It gets worse by the minute. It is impossible for a career, entrenched politician to come up with a shred of common sense. As I said in the Stimulus Tragedy, it is not possible to spend yourself rich. I hope and pray that America will wake up and stop this insane spending. Sadly, until these career entrenched politicians are voted out of office, nothing will change. WE THE PEOPLE must understand this is not about anything other than power over the people. We are living in tyranny from within, and that is fact. I do believe WE THE PEOPLE will wake up at some point, I just hope we are not all living on the streets when it happens.

Water, Not Oil!

The insane ruling by a federal judge to protect a minnow in California brings to mind a chapter in The Stimulus Tragedy. Chapter 23 Water, states "Over the next 100 years water, not oil and not global warming will be the crisis". This may be the most critical issue facing America in the future. A growing population, global uncertainties and crazy politics are pushing America into a water crisis. Read The Stimulus Tragedy and put water on your critical issues list.

Did you see the stack of paper in the Socialized Medicine bill?

This morning I saw a camera shot of the Senate hearing room. The pile of paper stacked up in front of those Senators must have been 18 inches deep! That is a lot of paper. What came to mind was that there is no way any of those Senators will ever read it all and if they did they couldn't remember everything in it. Which means they didn't write it! It is written by staffers and bureaucrats. And, that is what is wrong with our government. Until these career, entrenched politicians are voted out of office there will be only more of the same. This Socialized Medicine proposal is nothing less then a bureaucratic bonanza at the expense of WE THE PEOPLE. As I wrote in my book, The Stimulus Tragedy, none of this will work. Government will run it like the Post Office and Amtrak, the taxpayers will see tax increases of 10 - 20% to pay for it and the quality of care will go down. It can't be any other way! Wake up America!

We are living in the most critical time in American history!

Only the Civil War posed the danger to America as where we are today! The history of America will be shaped for all time by the next four years. History may well record that the outcome of the mid term elections of 2010 were a new beginning or an end to America. Unless WE THE PEOPLE remove enough of these career, entrenched politicians in the next elections and balance the power in congress, the damage may be irreversable. The Stimulus Tragedy was written on this theme and the means to do this is described in detail, as are the results of not taking this action. It is not about Republicans and Democrats. It's not about the President. It's about career, entrenched politicians, of both parties, that have lost contact with WE THE PEOPLE. Unless aggressive, positive and immediate action to remove these people is taken, America may not survive. Everything described in The Stimulus Tragedy has already been put into motion. Only WE THE PEOPLE can stop it and only then if we act in a rational manner at the polls in the mid term elections of 2010.

Small business is finished!

Small business is finished, unless WE THE PEOPLE wake up and stop this insane spending. Small business cannot support what the government is doing and small business IS America. Small business cannot support socialized medicine. Small business cannot support higher taxes. Small business cannot support more government intervention, controls and regulation. America thinks the unemployment rate is high today, but it is nothing compared to what it will be in two years if this insane government spending continues.

Tobacco is only the beginning!

The new tobacco tax is just the beginning of new and higher taxes on everything. As I wrote in my book, The Stimulus Tragedy, the easiest tax to sell the people is a sin tax. Under the guise of better health, the government has taken the easiest route towards increasing taxes. Obama was elected on the promise of lower taxes for 95% of taxpayers. Of course, this is absolutely impossible. The signs were all there. The Senator with the most liberal voting record in congress is now the President. It is so predictable. It could be no other way. What will happen is new taxes and user fees will begin to show up in virtually every area of our lives. These career, entrenched politicians are looking at every possible way to raise money. The only way this can be done is by increasing taxes or printing funny money. They are doing both. Our federal government is spendaholic. They must have more and more money. I don't blame Democrats for this. They have been spendaholic for ever. I do blame Republicans. Until Republicians find the courage to run conservative candidates the country is in deep trouble. There must be a balance of power for the government to function properly. Today there is no balance and congress is loaded with career, entrenched politicians that are only concerned with partisan politics. There are no statesmen in our government. It may be time for WE THE PEOPLE to let the Republicans destroy themselves and establish a Constitutional Party that has the courage to put the individual rights of the people first, as intended, to stop this insane spending, abusive intervention and control. Sadly, we have seen nothing yet. There is much more to come.

Whatever happened to the bra burners?

In the '60's the feminist movement was big news, worldwide. Bras were burned, street demonstrations, free love and all sorts of feminist expression prevailed. The coming of age modern women asserted themselves in public and private life. What ever happened to these free spirits? Their voice is gone! They are not to be found!
What would have happened in the '60's if a woman and her family were attacked as Sara Palin and her children have been attacked this week?

Do you know someone in the auto industry?

What is going to be the effect of the government (which is us) and the unions controlling the auto industry? Every American knows someone working in the auto industry. If you drive a car you know someone working in the auto industry. If you own a mutual fund or retirement fund you most likely own stock in auto. Every local community depends on the auto industry. There are dealers serving every community in America. It takes management and sales skill of the highest level to operate an auto business. It makes no difference if it is a new car dealership, a used car dealership, a repair shop or as a supplier. It takes skill and capital to operate them all. If the government (us) owns the auto industry that means we must come up with the capital to operate the businesses. How does the government raise capital? TAXES, or by printing FUNNY MONEY! We are going to have to pay more taxes to operate the auto industry. Since the US auto industry has been unprofitable for decades due to excessive government regulation, labor demands and poor management, how is more of the same going to change anything? It won't! The fact is with government and labor managing auto, there is only one way to go and that is down. And that means we will have to pay more for autos and more in taxes. Already the government has subverted the Constitution by assuming this control, minimizing the private capital positions in Chrysler and GM and arbitrarily closing thousands of private dealers and confiscating their inventories. Every American has a stake in this in some way. Your families and friends are losing jobs and businesses as a result of this idiocy. Local communities are losing tax revenues and services. There is a snowball affect to all this and we have just seen a minute beginning of what is going to happen. And, as I discussed in my book, The Stimulus Tragedy, these companies need to be broken up and liquidated through the normal channels of bankruptcy. That has not happened and now the American taxpayer is hooked into a hopeless spiral of doom in this situation. There is now no way out for the American taxpayer as long as this administration and this misguided group of career, entrenched politicians are in power. Every American is going to pay! We will pay more for autos, be forced to drive autos we don't want and pay more in taxes to support an industry the government can't manage. And this is just auto! The same thing is happening is banks, insurance, corporate pay and now health care. When will the people of America wake up and stop this insanity?

The Tiller Tragedy

It is always a devastating event when someone chooses to take another person's life. Unfortunately, the killer is not rational and unable to understand the consequences of their actions. In the Tiller case there were legal actions pending to determine the legality of his late term abortion practices. Because of his murder, the outcome of these legal actions will not be known until another late term abortion doctor is investigated. All that said the crime of murder is not acceptable, ever. What is interesting is that the same media that has been condemning enhanced interrogation are coming out in support of Dr. Tiller's practice of late term abortions. Interesting bit of hypocrisy?